The Sarasota Orchestra has chosen Giancarlo Guerrero as its next music director from 2025, succeeding Bramwell Tovey, who died two years ago.
Guerrero, 55, from Nicaragua, is also music director in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for 14 years.
He recently ended two terms at the Wroclaw Philharmonic in Poland.
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